grapple
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ˈgrÃĻ
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/ɥɚˈÃĻpə‍l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "grapple"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϧāϰāĻž, āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž

to seize hold of someone forcefully or aggressively
Transitive: to grapple sb/sth
to grapple definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The security guard grappled the shoplifter, holding them until the authorities arrived.
āϏāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāωāϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ āĻšā§‹āϰāϕ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ, āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ āφāϏāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϞāĨ¤
02

āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to engage in a determined effort to confront and resolve a problem or obstacle
Transitive: to grapple with a problem or obstacle
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She grappled with her fear of public speaking, seeking ways to overcome it and improve her confidence.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϜāύāϏāĻŽāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϖ⧁āρāϜāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϕ⧁āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to wrestle or struggle closely with someone, using hands or the body
Intransitive: to grapple | to grapple with sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Last week, he skillfully grappled with his opponent in the martial arts tournament.
āĻ—āϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻžāϞ āφāĻ°ā§āϟ āϟ⧁āĻ°ā§āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻ˛ā§āϞāϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻžāϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāϤāĻŋ āϞāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ, āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ

the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
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āφāĻ‚āϕ⧁āĻļ, āĻšāĻžāϰāĻĒ⧁āύ

a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
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āĻĄā§āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāϞāϤāĻŋ, āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻļ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ•āĻŦā§āϜāĻžāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĄā§āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāϞāϤāĻŋ

a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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